{"id":11013,"date":"2019-07-04T16:42:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=11013"},"modified":"2024-08-12T10:32:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T14:32:08","slug":"donia-mounsef","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/donia-mounsef\/","title":{"rendered":"Donia Mounsef"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<p>Donia Mounsef was born in Beirut, Lebanon and moved to Canada as a young adult. She earned an MA in French from the University of Alberta and in 2000 a PhD in French and Theatre from the University of British Columbia. In addition to teaching theatre and poetry at the University of Alberta, Mounsef is a playwright, dramaturge and poet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11014 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/Plimsoll-Lines-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/Plimsoll-Lines-book-cover.jpg 141w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/Plimsoll-Lines-book-cover-106x150.jpg 106w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 141px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 141\/200;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Poetry<\/h3>\n<h3>Plimsoll Lines<\/h3>\n<p>Windsor, Ont.: Urban Farmhouse Press, 2018.<br \/>\nCrossroads poetry series<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991001971809708636\">PS8626 .O8476 P55 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Synopsis (from distributor)<\/h4>\n<p>Plimsoll Lines are the marks on the side of a ship&#8217;s hull to which vessels can be safely loaded. These words become lyric and capture the &#8220;unbearable lightness&#8221; of the poetic word coupled with the playful metaphor of floating. Mounsef utilizes both these individual poems and the overall collection to drift the reader around themes of wandering, water, and wanting. The collection argues in favor of a return to the word and cultural meditations of language, politics, and the body in a world dominated by the visual and the mediated. Mounsef pushes past borders and combines the abstraction of French, the symbolism of Arabic, and the immediacy of English in a grand tour of the places that poetry can bring the reader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11015 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/Slant-of-Arils-book-cover-206x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/Slant-of-Arils-book-cover-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/Slant-of-Arils-book-cover-103x150.png 103w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/Slant-of-Arils-book-cover-413x600.png 413w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/Slant-of-Arils-book-cover.png 489w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 206px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 206\/300;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Poetry (Chapbook)<\/h3>\n<h3>Slant of Arils<\/h3>\n<p>Richmond, VA: Damaged Goods Press, 2015.<\/p>\n<h4>Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (from its website)<\/h4>\n<p>Not available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Donia Mounsef <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ualberta.ca\/drama\/people\/faculty\/dr-donia-mounsef.html\">faculty page<\/a> at the University of Alberta<\/p>\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.damagedgoodspress.com\/\">Damaged Goods Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/urbanfarmhousepress.com\">Urban Farmhouse Press<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donia Mounsef was born in Beirut, Lebanon and moved to Canada as a young adult. 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